Anselm Jappe is a professor

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 of philosophy

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, teaching in Italy

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.

Biography

He grew up in Cologne

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 and in the Périgord

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. He studied in Paris

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 and Rome

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 where he obtained, respectively, a master's

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 and then a doctorate

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 degree in philosophy. His advisor was Mario Permiola. A member of the Krisis Groupe

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, he has published numerous articles in different journals and reviews, including Iride (Florence), Il Manifesto (Rome), L'Indice (Milan) and Mania (Barcelona). In his writings, he has attempted to revive critical theory

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 through a new interpretation of the work of Karl Marx

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. He is currently teaching aesthetics

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 at the Accademia delle Belle Arti di Frosinone.